SENIOR APPLICATION DEVELOPER

Position/Program Information

The Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor strives to be the premier property assessment agency in the nation. We believe in exceptional ethics in the work environment and are dedicated professionals committed to serve our Assessor employees and the public. We A.S.P.I.R.E. for Accountability, Service Excellence, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect, and Equity.

REPOSTING

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS A REBULLETIN TO REOPEN THE FILING PERIOD AND CHANGE ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION FROM STANDARD LIST TO ELIGIBLE REGISTER.

EXAM TITLE:

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

(Payroll Title: Senior Application Developer)

EXAM NUMBER
G2525T-R

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT
Open Competitive Job Opportunity

APPLICATION FILING PERIOD

We will begin receiving applications on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. (PT). This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

The Office of the Assessor is looking for an ambitious and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Information Technology Branch. This position in the Business Solutions Group (BSG) requires an experienced developer to fill a lead role in our Assessor Modernization Project (AMP), a $100 million multi-years/phases program. This project replaces the Assessor's Office legacy mainframe property assessment systems with State-of-the-Art technologies using Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW) enterprise architecture, database, security, system monitoring, web application and cloud service products and infrastructure, to support the Assessor's Office and County's business goals and strategic plans. The successful candidate will be working in an Agile scrum open collaborative and DevOps friendly environment to support Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) activities to design/develop/test/debug/integrate/deploy/maintain various AMP enterprise system business applications and interfaces (front-end/middle-tier/back-end development and DevOps management) according to user stories requirements and program specifications, in the cloud-based (OCI IaaS/PaaS) Test-Driven Development (TDD) environments.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Under the direction of the technical supervisor, this position will be considered the team's lead engineer while working in Agile Scrum teams and/or DevOps teams, they will be guiding team members from development, DevOps management, quality assurance, infrastructure administration, project management, business product owners/SME's, contractors and other IT technical staff. The successful candidate will be expected to hold an authoritative level of technical knowledge as well as be able to work both independently and provide mentorship on one or more projects in AMP:

• AMP Front-end application and reporting development projects in: Oracle WebCenter Portal (WCP), JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET), Application Development Framework (ADF), Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (BIP), Oracle Application Express (APEX), and Microsoft .NET, etc.
  
• AMP Middle-tier application and content management development projects in: Oracle ServiceOriented Architecture Suite (SOA), Oracle Service Bus (OSB), Oracle Business Process Management Suite (BPM), Oracle Business Rules and Policy Automation (OBR, OPA), Oracle WebCenter Content (WCC), and OpenText/EMC Captiva, etc.
  
• AMP Back-end application and database integration development projects in: Oracle ExaData Database Cloud Service (ExaCS), Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Oracle GoldenGate (OGG, Veridata), Microsoft SQL Server, and Trillium, etc.
  
• AMP DevOps release/configuration management and CI/CD process improvement/automation projects in: Jenkins, Git, Apache Maven/Ant/Archiva/Groovy, Ansible, Terraform, Python, and JIRA, etc.
  
• AMP open-source development/testing projects in: Java, JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, SonarQube, JMeter, JUnit, SoapUI, Linux Shell scripting, and other web-services based application development with REST/SOAP.
  
• Obtain business requirements from the stakeholders and product owners to provide solutions through innovation, automation, and streamlining of their business workflow and operation.
  

Essential Job Functions

• Analyzes, designs, develops, tests, debugs, installs, and deploys application software programs by applying software/application development concepts in order to create/maintain/modify new or existing business applications and interfaces according to user stories requirements and program specifications in the cloud-based Test-Driven Development (TDD) environments.
  
• Gathers software requirements and develops requirement specifications, user stories, functional and technical design specifications, user manuals, runbooks, release notes, and/or wiki pages by collaborating with stakeholders in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.
  
• Leads in development and support of front-end software applications in the areas of user interfaces, mobility, business intelligence and reporting, and enterprise content management by utilizing various development tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.
  
• Leads in development and support of middle-tier software application in the areas of web services application integration, business process management, business rules, API governance, and application security by utilizing various development tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.
  
• Leads in development and support of back-end software applications in the areas of data integration and data replication, data modeling, data security, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and database management by utilizing various developmental tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.
  
• Leads in development and support of DevOps tools and automation processes in the areas of release management, configuration management, source control, continuous-integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and operational support by utilizing various developmental tools in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures.
  
• Performs unit, sanity, functional, integration, automated system and/or performance testing for new, modified or existing complex software applications by utilizing various test tools in order to investigate, analyze, troubleshoot and resolve software application problems.
  
• Provides professional support pertaining to application issues in Production and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Production-Support (PS) environments by investigating, troubleshooting, and resolving application function problems in order to ensure excellent quality product and user experience.
  
• Researches application development tools and methodologies by utilizing various reference tools in order to provide recommendations to departmental management team for improving software in order to accomplish business goals; recommend and/or implement system adjustments to maximize application performance.
  
• Assists in the development and/or reviewing of solicitation documents including requests for information, requests for proposals, requests for quotes, and statements of work by collaborating with project management team in order to support departmental goals and objectives and comply with county policies and procedures as needed.
  
• Leads in an Agile open collaborative environment by working closely with team members from development, DevOps, Quality Assurance (QA), administration, Project Management (PM), business stakeholders, contractors and other IT technical staff in order to design, develop, code review, build, test, demo, document, deploy, and maintain business applications as needed.
  
• Reviews and monitors vendor performance by reviewing work and project plans to ensure project deliverables are on time, within budget, and according to acceptance criteria as needed.
  

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
We are looking for dedicated individuals who meet one of the following requirements:

• Option I: Graduation from an accredited college or university* with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field and three (3) years of recent**, full-time experience coding, testing, and debugging application programs
• Option II: One (1) year of experience at the level of Los Angeles County class of Application Developer II***
• Option III: Four (4) years of recent**, full-time experience coding, testing and debugging application programs

*In order to receive credit for a Bachelor's degree, you must submit proof of education along with the application. Acceptable documents are:

• A photocopy of the diploma or official transcript OR
• A verification or confirmation letter from the school's Registrar's Office on the official letterhead of the school, with a college or university seal. It should indicate that the student has completed all the academic requirements.

All documents should clearly indicate the degree in the English language and the date when the degree was conferred or awarded. For more information regarding education, please see the Employment Information document on the LA County Jobs website. If you do not attach the document at the time of filing, you can email the document to recruitment@assessor.lacounty.gov within 7 calendar days from the last day of filing. Please include your full name, exam title, and exam number.

**Recent means experience obtained within the last five (5) years from the last day of filing.

***Experience at the level of Application Developer II is defined as under general supervision, analyzes, designs, evaluates, develops, codes, tests, and maintains application systems.
If you served in the military and were honorably discharged, you may qualify for Veteran's Credit. We will need a copy of your form DD214 to review, so please include that with your application.

LICENSE:
A valid California Class C Driver's License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

PHYSICAL EXPECTATIONS:
2 - Light: Light physical effort which may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound, and some bending, stooping or squatting. Considerable walking may be involved .

ENDORSEMENT OF COUNTY QUALIFICATIONS:
County employees who wish to meet the requirements using out-of-class experience must provide official documentation such as an additional responsibility bonus, out-of-class bonus, temporary assignment bonus, or reclassification study from CEO Classification with your application at the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days from the last day of filing. Employees do not need to submit such verification if they hold or have held a position deemed to be at the appropriate level. Out-of-class duties should be accurately described in the application work history, and questionable experience will be verified through the departmental HR Manager when necessary.

WITHHOLD INFORMATION No withholds will be allowed for this examination. Required experience must be fully met and indicated on the application by the last day of filing.

Additional Information

OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS:

This examination will consist of TWO (2) parts:

Part I: M ultiple choice and/or simulation assessment(s), weighted 40% , assessing:

• Deductive Reasoning
• Professional Potential
• Achievement
• Maintaining Good Working Relationships
• Analyzing Information
• Learning Quickly
• Generating New Ideas
• Using Time Efficiently
• Working to High Quality Standards
• Adapting to Change
• Coping with Uncertainty
• Willingness to Learn
• Responsibility

Candidates may be invited to participate in both Part I and II. However, only those that achieve a passing score of 70% or higher in Part I, will have Part II scored.

Part II: M ultiple choice and/or simulation assessment(s), weighted 60% , assessing:

• JAVA 8
• Cloud Computing
• JavaScript
• SQL

MULTIPLE CHOICE AND/OR SIMULATION ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT REVIEWABLE BY CANDIDATES PER CIVIL SERVICE RULE 7.19.

APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND ACHIEVE A PASSING SCORE OF 70% OR HIGHER ON EACH PART OF THE EXAMINATION IN ORDER TO BE PLACED ON THE ELIGIBLE REGISTER .

All notifications including invitation letters will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add jcheung@hr.lacounty.gov , info@governmentjobs.com , talentcentral@shl.com , noreply@proctoru.com , and donot-reply@amcatmail.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.

Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notification to be a valid reason for late test administration or rescheduling of a test component.

TRANSFER OF TEST COMPONENTS :

• Applicants who have taken identical components recently for other exams may have their responses automatically transferred to this examination.
• This examination contains test components that may be used in the future for new examinations and your test responses may be transferred.

TEST PREPARATION :

Study guides and other test preparation resources are available to help candidates prepare for employment tests. While the guides will help you prepare for the test, we advise you to review all related materials that you deem necessary.

• An interactive, Online Test Preparation System for taking practice tests may be accessed on the Department of Human Resources website at http://hr.lacounty.gov/ . Please click on "Find A Job" and then "Job Search Toolkit." Test preparation information is located under the "Employment Test Assistance" section.
• Additional online practice tests are available at https://www.shldirect.com/en-us/practice-tests/ .

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

Applicants will be processed on an as-received basis and promulgated to the eligible register accordingly. The names of candidates receiving a passing score in the examination will be placed on the eligible register in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation.

No person may compete for this examination more than once every twelve (12) months.

VACANCY INFORMATION
The eligible register resulting from this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor, as they occur.

APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION
Applications must be filed online only. We must receive your application before 5:00 p.m., PT, on the last day of filing. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person will not be accepted. Apply online by clicking on the "Apply" green button at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website.

Plan to submit your online application well in advance of 5:00 p.m. PT, on the last day of filing as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address. Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Minimum Requirements as listed in this job posting. Provide any relevant job experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, give the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected.

Important: Please note that all information included in the application materials is subject to verification at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made per Civil Service Rule 6.04. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or rescission of the appointment. Utilizing verbiage from the Class Specification and Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties will not be sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and you may be disqualified.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES

For applicants who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, you may borrow laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots from some public libraries throughout Los Angeles County to complete job applications.

NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD

All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member's or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

TESTING ACCOMMODATION

If you require an accommodation to fairly compete in any part of the assessment process, let us know by contacting the Testing Accommodations Coordinator at TestingAccommodations@hr.lacounty.gov . You will be required to complete the Request for Reasonable Accommodation form as well as provide supporting documentation from a qualified professional justifying the requested accommodation(s). The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can respond to your request and keep you moving through the process.

SPECIAL INFORMATION

Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI)
The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst races. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO)
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment . The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed.

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Testing Accommodations Coordinator: TestingAccommodations@hr.lacounty.gov
Teletype Phone: (800) 899-4099
Alternate Teletype Phone: (800) 897-0077
California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922
Department Contact Name: Chau Luu
Department Contact Phone: (213) 974-3161
Department Contact Email: recruitment@assessor.lacounty.gov

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Closing Date/Time: Continuous

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